trestres said:
And why should the USA attack a country that poses no threat to its homeland security? |
Well for one because nuclear weapons are a threat to homeland security. More proliferation is a HUGE threat to homeland security, hell there is already a pretty big homeland security threat with people like Pakistan having nuclear weapons. You don't see the security risk in a place like Iran developing nuclear weapons? What with their funding of terrorist orgizations, the revolutionary guard, and the fact that they could be taken down at anytime by the population who hates them leading for a free for all for nuclear bombs? So the answer is, because it already poses a threat to homeland security, and nuclear weapons would be a further threat.
Two, because Iran is a threat to Europe. The Wikileaks cables pretty much show as much (for those paying attention) due to them buying missles used for nuclear weaponry that are mid-range and could strike and threaten europe. Most of europe is in NATO, it probably wouldn't even be a US airstrike but a joint US/EU airstrike.